Blueray Cargo Boss John Field Sentenced to Two Years in Customs Bribery Case
The panel of judges at the Corruption Court in Central Jakarta has sentenced Blueray Cargo boss John Field to two years in prison. He was found legally and convincingly guilty of bribing officials within the Directorate General of Customs and Excise at the Ministry of Finance during the 2025–2026 period.
During the verdict hearing on Friday (10/7/2026), Presiding Judge Brelly Yuniar Dien stated that John Field was proven to have paid bribes totalling Rp91.77 billion. The acts were carried out together with two of his subordinates: Blueray Cargo’s Port Custom Clearance Operations Manager Dedy Kurniawan and Blueray Cargo’s Import Documentation Team Leader Andri.
Despite being involved in the same case, the panel of judges handed down different sentences for the three defendants. All three were found to have violated Article 605 paragraph (1) letter a in conjunction with Article 20 letter c in conjunction with Article 126 paragraph (1) of the National Criminal Code in conjunction with Article VII number 48 of Law Number 1 of 2026 concerning Criminal Adjustments.
In its considerations, the panel explained that the bribes were given to ensure that the import goods clearance process for the Blueray Cargo Group could proceed more quickly, bypassing bureaucratic hurdles in customs supervision. The sentence was lighter than the prosecutors’ demands, which had sought three years for John Field and 2.5 years each for his two subordinates.
The panel cited several aggravating factors, including that the defendants’ actions undermined the government’s anti-corruption programme and diminished public trust in the Directorate General of Customs and Excise and the Ministry of Finance. However, the judges also noted that the bribery was not entirely the defendants’ initiative, as there were indications that the situation was deliberately engineered by certain customs officials to hinder the defendants’ cargo business and cause potential losses. The defendants’ cooperative attitude, honesty, remorse, and their status as family breadwinners with no prior criminal record were also considered as mitigating factors.